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HomeNewsDeviator Ease the wait for Silksong with the upcoming demo of this very Hollow Knight-looking MetroidvaniaDeviator’s Steam demo is coming in February Deviator’s Steam demo is coming in February Image credit:SapStar Games Image credit:SapStar Games When Edwin popped the reveal trailer for new MetroidvaniaDeviatorintoThe Maw this morning, he really wasn’t kidding about it looking a heck of a lot likeHollow Knight. You’ve got a small, diminutive hero with a nasty little blade up his sleeve, a haunting and melancholy piano score, a beautiful hand-drawn animation style, and lots of mean-looking creatures to fight....

HomeDeals Grab a 45-inch 5120x1440 200Hz LG monitor for $150 off$550 for the LG 45GR65DC, released late 2023, is a great deal. $550 for the LG 45GR65DC, released late 2023, is a great deal. Image credit:LG Image credit:LG Double-wide 32:9 gaming monitors are becoming increasingly affordable, which is brilliant for anyone that prefers an ultra-wide aspect ratio but doesn’t want to deal with the relatively limited desktop real estate of your standard 21:9 ultrawide....

HomeNews Here’s what’s coming up in the RPS Game Club in 2024The full schedule for the year The full schedule for the year Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun After a successful first outing,RPS Game Clubis returning for another year of gaming show-and-tells, and this time, we’re publishing the schedule in advance so you know exactly what’s coming up and when. Handy, say, if you want to keep an eye on certain sale prices for games you’ve got your eye on, or you want to clear your calendar so you can join us for our end-of-month liveblog session where we all get together book club-style to talk about the month’s pick....

HomeGuidesPalworld How to unlock the Egg Incubator in PalworldHere’s how to get the Egg Incubator in Palworld and hatch Pals yourself Here’s how to get the Egg Incubator in Palworld and hatch Pals yourself Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pocketpair Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pocketpair Looking to unlock the Palworld Egg Incubator?The Egg Incubator is one of many Ancient Technology recipes inPalworldthat can be used to hatch the numerous collectable Eggs you’ll find throughout the world....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hint and answers (Monday, January 22)Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #225 Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #225 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 26th December! Want a hint for Connections today?Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle gameWordle, the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now....

HomeNewsPalworld Palworld’s over zealous police are even worse than the cops in GTA right nowYou’ll live to regret harming any of its NPCs You’ll live to regret harming any of its NPCs Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pocketpair Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pocketpair I’m still working my way through thegrim realitiesof Steam mega-hitPalworld, but as developers Pocketpair begin working through their50,000-strong pile of bug reports, I’d hazard to add one more to the pile: please, something must be done about this game’s ruthless police force, who are so dogged in their pursuit of evildoers that they literally will not stop chasing you until you’ve been shot dead....

HomeFeaturesSlay The Princess Piracy, preservation, and the devs who don’t mind if you have to pirate their gameThe founder of the Video Game History Foundation and the devs of Slay The Princess on the place piracy has today The founder of the Video Game History Foundation and the devs of Slay The Princess on the place piracy has today “Most of videogame history is alive and well due to the ability to pirate old video games,” Frank Cifaldi, founder of theVideo Game History Foundation, tells me over a call....

HomeHardwareNews Steam Deck beta client update explains what its performance settings actually doJust to clarify Just to clarify Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun The latestSteam Deckbeta client updateis out, and it’s made a pretty neat addition to the quick-access performance menu. A tap of the Y button now brings up a brief explainer for whichever individual setting is currently highlighted, a handy lil’ reference for anyone who wants to customise how their Deck (orSteam Deck OLED) runs without knowing exactly how things like TDP limits and half-rate shading affect performance....

HomeNews VR studio Wimo Games, Battle Bows and Micro Machines: Mini Challenge Mayhem devs, have closed their doorsAround three dozen staff affected. Around three dozen staff affected. Image credit:Wimo Games Image credit:Wimo Games To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Wimo emerged only a few years ago in 2021, going on to specialise largely invirtual reality titleswith co-op archery wave-defence game Battle Bows and track-build-and-racer Micro Machines: Mini Challenge Mayhem....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hint and answers (Sunday, January 21)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #224 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #224 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 26th December! Want a hint for Connections today?...

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#946): How to solve the Sunday January 21 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for January 21? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for January 21? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 26th December!...

HomeNewsIndiana Jones and the Great Circle Indiana Jones being first-person “separates” it from other action-adventures, says directorAnd is part of the studio’s “DNA” And is part of the studio’s “DNA” Image credit:MachineGames Image credit:MachineGames Indiana Jones And The Great Circle wasannouncedat this week’s Xbox Deveoper Direct. It looks good! There has been much discussion of its decision to make its tomb raiding first-person (with some third-person traversal and cutscenes), however.In an interview with Lucasfilm....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hint and answers (Saturday, January 20)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #223 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #223 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 26th December! Want a hint for Connections today?...